Seeing Shen Lin's decisive move, the corner of Gao Shenghan's mouth twitched. "Don't worry. I wouldn't stoop to fighting you over a demon of this strength."
Shen Lin awkwardly scratched his head. "Demons are rare. If I don't move quickly, someone else will reap the benefits. I'm just used to it."
"Demons are rare... Heh." Gao Shenghan chuckled and shook his head. "Do you know why the Demon Suppression Division discovered that something was wrong in Qiulin County and specifically sent me here?"
Shen Lin pondered for a moment. "Because the number of demon cases reported recently has increased?"
In the less than a month since he had crossed over, he had already slain more than a dozen demons.
In the past, Qiulin County might not have achieved such results in an entire year.
So naturally, he assumed that the Demon Suppression Division had come to investigate because of this unusual situation.
But in the next moment, Gao Shenghan shook his head, disproving Shen Lin's guess.
"Quite the opposite!"
His expression turned serious. "It's because Qiulin County has slain far too few demons in recent years. Ever since Lin Youwei became magistrate, the county's public order has improved against all expectations, and the number of demons slain each year has become extremely low. Even in the best year, there were only twenty-five demons. Do you know what the fewest demons slain each year in the other counties of Youzhou is?"
Before Shen Lin could ask, Gao Shenghan raised two fingers and said solemnly, "Two hundred! And that's the minimum! The county that encounters the most demons runs into at least five hundred every year. Our Demon Suppression Division even established a separate Hundred Households Office there."
Only then did Shen Lin understand that demons being rare was merely a unique